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package com.hazelcast.core;

/**
 * Contact point for special {@link DistributedObject}'s which has prefixed name.
 *
 * @see com.hazelcast.cache.ICache
 */
public interface PrefixedDistributedObject extends DistributedObject {

    /**
     * Returns the unique prefixed name for this DistributedObject. The returned value will never be null.
     *
     * @return the unique prefixed name for this object.
     */
    String getPrefixedName();

}
